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Ancient
Cities.
General
Editor,
B.
C.
A.
WINDLE,
D.Sc.,
F.R.S.
_Cr.
8vo.
4s.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
Editorial verification pending
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Here and Hereafter
Chapter XX
Chapter 20 of Here and Hereafter is here in full — 774 sentences across 155 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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Ancient
Cities.
/ˈeɪn.ʃənt ˈsɪtiz/
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General
Editor,
B.
C.
A.
WINDLE,
D.Sc.,
F.R.S.
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_Cr.
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8vo.
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Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading “Ancient Cities.”
Cities
noun
US /ˈsɪtiz/
plural of “city” — a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading “Ancient Cities.”
Editor
noun
US /ˈedətər/
a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
From this reading “General Editor, B. C. A. WINDLE, D.Sc., F.R.S.”
applying to all or most members of a category or group
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Ancient Cities
adjective + noun
counted as “ancient city”
In this reading “Ancient Cities.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading General Editor, B. C. A. WINDLE, D.Sc., F.R.S.
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading Ancient Cities.
aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil
From this reading General Editor, B. C. A. WINDLE, D.Sc., F.R.S.
a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature
From this reading General Editor, B. C. A. WINDLE, D.Sc., F.R.S.
CitiesnounUS /ˈsɪtiz/
plural of “city” — a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading Ancient Cities.
Crnoun
a hard brittle multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing
From this reading _Cr.
a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets
From this reading General Editor, B. C. A. WINDLE, D.Sc., F.R.S.
EditornounUS /ˈedətər/
a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)
From this reading General Editor, B. C. A. WINDLE, D.Sc., F.R.S.
a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature
From this reading General Editor, B. C. A. WINDLE, D.Sc., F.R.S.
applying to all or most members of a category or group
From this reading General Editor, B. C. A. WINDLE, D.Sc., F.R.S.
a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air
From this reading General Editor, B. C. A. WINDLE, D.Sc., F.R.S.
1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
From this reading General Editor, B. C. A. WINDLE, D.Sc., F.R.S.
Scnoun
a white trivalent metallic element; sometimes classified in the rare earth group; occurs in the Scandinavian mineral thortveitite
From this reading General Editor, B. C. A. WINDLE, D.Sc., F.R.S.
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WINDLE
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From this reading General Editor, B. C. A. WINDLE, D.Sc., F.R.S.
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